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    Most useful AI features in Photoshop

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) has invaded our world and it’s no longer necessary to search for specialized software or tools to implement AI features. Existing tools, such as the ones we use in design, like Adobe Photoshop, have adapted to integrate AI into their own tools.

    Adobe Photoshop, along with other Adobe products, has been at the forefront of AI integration. If you haven’t used Photoshop for a while, you would be surprised at how much time its AI features can save.

    In this article, I’m going to walk you through two of the most used AI features in Adobe Photoshop. If you’re a beginner with Photoshop, you will find these tools remarkably easy to learn.

    Photoshop’s Generative Fill

    In a previous article where we generated consistent Midjourney images, we created this image:

    Image of a woman sitting inside a bus holding a banana to her mouth.
    AI-generated image

    Let’s say, you really want to get rid of this banana and you prefer that the woman holds a cucumber. How do you achieve this in less than a minute in Photoshop?

    Here are the steps:

    1. Select the object you want to change. In this case, I used the Quick Selection tool.
    1. Click Generative Fill and type a brief description of what you want to generate instead of the selected portion. You can type “a cucumber”.
    Image of a woman sitting inside a bus with Adobe photoshop options to use Generative fill
    Image of a woman sitting inside a bus with Adobe photoshop options to use Generative fill and the words a cucumber written on it.
    1. Click Generate and voilá!
    Image of a woman sitting inside a bus holding a cucumber.

    Example B

    Let’s say you don’t like the brown sweater that the girl is wearing and you want to change it.

    1. Select the sweater with a selection tool. I used the Quick Selection tool.
    Image of a woman sitting inside a bus with Adobe photoshop options showing her brown sweater selected and the option to use Generative Fill.
    1. Click Generative Fill and describe the type of garment that you prefer. I typed “Big Fluffy white jacket”
    Image of a woman sitting inside a bus with Adobe photoshop options showing her brown sweater selected and the option to use Generative Fill where is typed A big fluffy white jacket.
    1. This is the result:
    Image of a woman sitting inside a bus wearing a big fluffy jacket.

    Example C

    Finally, for a drastic change, let’s suppose we don’t want this girl in this scene anymore, but an old man in her place.

    1. Select the Subject with the Select Subject option.
    2. Click Generative Fill and type the description of your new character. In this case, I typed “an old man”.
    Image of an old man sitting inside a bus with Adobe photoshop options showing an old man.
    1. Once the image is generated, you will notice some options to choose from on the right-side panel. Pick the one that you prefer the most.

    Photoshop’s Generative expand

    There might be times when you need to resize an image while preserving its look and avoiding any distortion. In such cases, you might prefer to add more background to match the size of your image.

    For example, I have the cropped image below and I would like to fill the green space on the right side to create a 16:9 ratio image.

    These are the steps:

    1. If you haven’t cropped your image, then click the Crop option and resize the image to your size goal.
    2. You will see a contextual menu with the option Generative Expand.
    Photoshop screenshot showing the options to expand background.
    1. Type what you would like to fill in the missing background. In this case, I typed “interior of the bus” which is what I expected in this image. Then click Generate.
    Photoshop screenshot showing the option Generative Expand where it is written "interior of a bus"
    1. Here is the result:
    Photoshop image showing a woman sitting inside a bus in a landscape ratio image.

    Conclusion

    There are many AI features to explore in Adobe Photoshop, but I wanted to start highlighting two of the most impactful ones. Trust me, these tools will be invaluable in your design endeavors.

    In a future article, I’ll delve into even more of Photoshop AI features.